Sexual selection and condition-dependence

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2387-2394

  Johnstone, R A ^a   Rands, S A ^a,b,c   Evans, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Exaggeration; Handicap principle; Honesty; Ornaments; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 72449198937     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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